HETEROGENEITY OF THE BINDING SITES OF BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN
HETEROGENEITY OF THE BINDING SITES OF BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01162a099
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发表时间:
1950-01-01
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15
通讯作者:
KARUSH, F
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作者:
KARUSH, F
The reversible binding of the anionic azo dye, p-(2-hydroxy-5-m.ethylphenylazo)-benzoic acid by crystallized bovine serum albumin (Armour and Company) was detd. at 25[degree] and 5[degree]C by the method of equilibrium dialysis at protein concn. of 3.00 x 10-5[image]. The data fitted the assumption that there are 22 dye-binding sites per protein molecule and that these are divided into 2 distinct groups. Group I consists of about 5 sites per protein molecule with a relatively large binding constant and group II of about 17 sites with a much smaller affinity for the dye. The values of [DELTA]F[degree], [DELTA]H[degree] and [DELTA]S[degree] for the binding to the 2 groups were detd. Comparison of the data for the 2 groups reveals that the divergence in the binding constants is almost entirely due to the difference in the entropy change associated with the binding process. Toluene and chloride ion significantly inhibit binding; 0.5% bovine gam ma-globulin does not. Since the serum albumins bind molecules with diverse configurations competitively, it is postulated that these proteins have the ability to exist in soln. in many molecular configurations of approx. equal energy and in thermodynamic equilibrium with each other. The relationship of albumin binding of haptens to the quantitative significance of recent hapten inhibition studies is discussed.